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w. KRAGIIEL.

FAN.

APFLICATlON FILED AUG-4.1916.

Patented Feb. 12, 1918.

WINCENTY KBAGIEL, OF NORWALK, CONNECTICUT.

FAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 12, 1918.

Application filed August 4, 1916. Serial No. 113,143.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WVIN onn'rx KRAGIEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Norwalk, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fans, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fans and has for its object to provide an automatically operated fan.

Another object of the invention is to provide a fan adapted to be secured to a rocking chair and means whereby the movement of the chair will actuate the fan.

With the above and other objects in view, I have invented the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a rocking chair having my invention attached thereto,

Fig. 2 is an enlarged elevational view of the operating mechanism of the device, and

Fig. 3 is a similar view of the reverse of Fig. 2.

Like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the following specification and in the several views in the drawings, in which 1 indicates a rocking chair having a rocker 2 to which is fixed a saddle member 3 upon which is mounted a shaft 4 having a long lever 5 fixed to one end thereof and a short lever 6 also fixed thereto. Pivoted to the rocker 2 is a rocking lever 7 which is arcuate in form and has a roller 8 on its upper end which engages and operates upon the upper surface of the lever 6 whereby shaft 4 to which said lever 6 is fixed and lever 5 fixed on said shaft are operated. The lower end of the lever 7 is provided with a roller 9 which proiects normally below the surface 10 of said rocker and is actuated through the movement of the rocker. A spring 11 connected at one end to the rocker and at its other end to the upper end of lever 7 whereby said lever is held in its normal position. A rod 12 having a bifurcated upper end 18 is fixed to the chair 1 and alever 13 is pivotally mounted in said bifurcated part. To the outer end 14 of the lever 13 is fixed a rod 15, the other end of which is fixed to the free end 16 of the lever 5. 7 A spring 17 in the bifurcated end 18 bears against the lever 13 to hold it in a normally raised position whereby a cord may be substituted for the rod 15 if desired. The end 19 of the lever 13 has a socket 20 to receive the handle 21 of the fan 22, said. handle bo ing held in said socket by means of a thumb nut 23. A pocket 24 may be provided in the rocker 2 to receive the members 6, 7 and 11 if desired. The lever 6 is adjustable on the shaft 1 by means of a set screw 25, the radical movement of the fan may be adjusted by changing the position of said lever 6 on its shaft.

Having now described my invention, that which I claim to be new and desire to procure by Letters Patent is 1. In combination with a rocking chair, a vertical rod having a bifurcated end, a fan having a handle pivoted in said end, a horizontal oscillating shaft, a lever fixed to said ihaft and a link connecting said lever and 2. In combination with a rocking chair, a

vertical rod having a bifurcated end, a fan having a handle pivoted in said end, a horizontal oscillating shaft, a lever fixed to said shaft and a link connecting said lever and a fan, said handle forming a reciprocating lever whereby the fan is operated.

3. In combination with a rocking chair. a vertical rod having a bifurcated end, a. fan having a handle pivoted in said end, a horizontal oscillating shaft, a lever fixed to said shaft and a link connecting said lever and fan, said handle forming a reciprocating lever whereby the fan is operated and means for oscillating said shaft.

4. In combination with a rocking chair, a vertical rod having a bifurcated end, a, fan having a handle pivoted in said end, a horizontal oscillating shaft, a lever fixed to said shaft and a link connecting said lever and fan, said handle forming a reciprocating lever whereby the fan is operated and means for oscillating said shaft, said means being a short lever fixedly mounted on said shaft.

5. In combination with a rocking chair, a vertical rod having a bifurcated end, a fan having a handle pivoted in said end, a horizontal oscillating shaft, a lever fixed to said shaft and a link connecting said lever and fan, said handle forming a reciprocating lever whereby the fan is operated, means for oscillating said shaft, said means being a short lever fixedly mounted on said shaft and a spring controlled lever for operating said short lever.

6. In combination with a rocking chair, a vertical rod having a bifurcated end, a fan having a handle pivoted in said end, a horizontal oscillating shaft, a lever fixed to said lever to which said fan is connected, means for reciprocating said last lever, said means consisting of a pivoted lever, rollers upon each end of said last lever, one of said rollers adapted to operate upon said first means to actuate the same.

8. In combination with a rocking chair, a fan operated by the movement of the chair and means whereby the movement of the fan may be regulated, a vertical rod upon which said fan is pivotally mounted, an operating lever to which said fan is connected, means for reciprocating said last lever, said means consisting of a pivoted lever, rollers upon each end of said last lever, one of said rollers adapted to operate upon said first means to actuate the same, said last lever being centrally pivoted to said chair.

9. In combination with a rocking chair, a fan operated by the movement of the chair and means whereby the movement of the fan may be regulated, a vertical rod upon which said'fan is pivotally mounted, an operating lever to which said fa-n is connected, means for reciprocating said last lever, said means consisting of a pivoted lever, rollers upon each end of said last lever, one of said rollers adapted to operate upon said first means to actuate the same, said last lever being centrally pivoted to said chair, said last lever being spring controlled.

' 10. In combination with a rocking chair, a.

' 7 vertical rod having a bifurcated end, a fan having a handle pivoted in said end, a horizontal oscillating shaft, a lever fixed to said shaft and a link connecting said lever and fan, said handle forming a reciprocating lever whereby the fan is operated, means for oscillating said shaft, said means being a short lever fixedly mounted on said shaft, (a 7 spring controlled lever for operating said short lever, said last leverbeing adjustable on said shaft and a housing for said last two levers, spring and shaft. 3

11. In combination with a rocking chair, a

vertical rod having a bifurcated end, a fan hav1ng a handle pivoted 1n sald end, a hor1 zontal oscillating shaft,'a lever fixed to said shaft and a link connecting said lever and fan, sald handle forming a reclprocatlng' whereby said levers operate said fan and said shaft, said means including a spring controlled lever, said last lever having rollers on each end, one for engaging one of said pair of levers and the other for engag ing a floor. v

13. In a device of the character described, an oscillating shaft, a pair oflevers fixedly mounted on the shaft, a fan and means, whereby said levers operate said fan and said shaft, said means including a. spring controlled lever, said last lever having rollerson 'eachend, one for engaging one of said pair of levers and the other for engag ing a floor, said last lever being mounted centrally. of said rollers;

pivotally let. In a device of the character described; i

an oscillating shaft, arpair oflevers fixedly mounted on the shaft, a fan and means whereby said levers operate said fanand said shaft, said means including a spring controlled lever, saidlast lever having rollers on each end, one for engaging one of sand pair of levers and the other for en:

gaging a floor, said last lever being pivotally mounted centrallyof said rollers, one of said pair of levers said shaft. V

In test imony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses. IVINCENTY KRAGIEL. Witnesses: 7

J AMES T. HUBBELL, EDWARD J. Q INLA' Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the, Commissioner of Patents, WashingtonJLC." l

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